Waste retainer



July 3, 1928.

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The device of said application is a single piece of metal, preferab ypressed steel, comprising a transverse member adapted to extend acrossthe face of the journal collar, or side members extending back on eachside of the journal, the outer edges of each of said members ha-ving'adownwardly extendin flange to ehgage and retain the waste, w ile fromthe inner edges of said side members extend upwardly cheek members bentover at their tops to form horizontal bearing surfaces adapted to beengaged' by the bottom faces of the journal brass, whereby the retaineris kept in its proper position.

The device, constitutin the present invention, is similar to the saiprior device, but is equipped with additional means for engaging thewaste. This means consists, first, 1n serrations or teeth formed on thelower edges of the flanges, or some of them, and, secondlg, inadditional serrated flanges pro'ecti wnwardly from the inner edges 0 theside members parallel to the flangeson the outer edges of said members.

This device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1is a longitudinal vertical section of a car axle journal box equippedwith the new waste retainer;

Fig. 2 is. a sectional end view taken on line 2'2 of Fig. 1;

gig. 3 is a plan view ofthe waste retainer, an

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same on line 44 of Fig. 3.

In these views, the front transverse member 1 of the retainer has adownwardly projecting flange 2 on its front edge and a shorterdownwardly projecting flange 3 on its rear edge, the bottom edge of theflange 3 being serrated or provided with teeth 4. The front flange 2might also be serrated but I prefer to leave it smooth to facilitate thehandling of the device.

The legs or side members 6 are cut out on their inner sides adjacent thetransverse member 1, as shown at 7, to accommodate the collar 8 of theaxle journal 9, and are recessed on their outer sides, as shown at 10,to accommodate ribs, not shown, on the inner Application fled July 85,

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.wallsof the box The box 11, shown in the drawing, is a cast iron boxwhich does not have such ribs, which are resent, however, in pressedsteel boxes, and prefer to make my waste retainer so that it can be usedin form of box. 1

he rear ends 12 of the legs 6, beyond the recesses 10, are of less widththan the front portions of said legs, which is also for the purpose ofpe itting the ready insertion and removal of t e device from boxeshaving the internal ribs.

The outer edges of the front and rear portions of the legs are bentdownwardly to form flanges 13 and 14, respectively, the flanges, 14 onthe rear portions 12 belng of less depth than the flanges 13,.on thefront a ll edges serrated or provided with the teeth 1 5, for thepurpose stated. From the inner edges of the central portions of the sidemembers 6 project upwardly the cheek members 16, the tops of which arebent over out-- wardl to form horizontal bearing surfaces 17, w ichengage the bottom faces of the journal brass 18 and are ke t in contacttherewith by the pressure of t e compressed waste.

As far as described above, the device is an integral structure,preferably of pressed steel, and difi'ers from my prior device merely inthe provision of the teeth on the flangxes. But the present devicecomprises fnrt e means to enga the waste, which means consists in an ane strip 21 secured to each side member 6. he horlzontal leg of each striis riveted, as shown at 20, to the undersi e of the corresponding sidemember, and the vertical leg of each strip projects downwardly from theinner edge of said member parallel to the flanges 13 and 14 on the outeredges of the same. The bottom edges of the strips 21 are serrated, asshown at 22. By this construction, the retainer has a more Positive engament with the waste to further prevent 1ts tendency to creep up on theside of portions, and both flanges have their bottom the journalopposite to the direction of movement of the vehicle or to becomeotherwise dis laced.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A waste retainer for car axle journal.

on their lower edges to engage the waste, and p upwardly projectingmeans on said side members to engage the bottom surfaces of the journalbrass.

2. A waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising a U-shapedmetal structure adapted to straddle the axle journal in the journal box,the front transverse and side legmembers of said structure bein providedwith downwardly projectin anges on both their inner and outer e ges, andmeans on the side leg members to engage the journal brass.

3. A waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising a U-shapedmetal structure adapted to straddle the axle journal in the journal boxwith its transverse member passing across the end face of the journalcollar and having downwardly projecting flanges on its inner and outeredges, and with its side members adapted to lie along the sides of the'ournal and having downwardly projectin anges on their inner and outeredges, sai last mentioned flanges being serrated or toothed on theirlower edges, and means projecting upwardly from said side members toengage the bottom surfaces of the journal brass.

4. A floating waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising aflanged transverse member ada ted to lie across the end of the journal,si e members adapted to lie one on each side of the 'ournal, parallelserrated flanges on each 0 said side members, and cheek 'members risingfrom the inner edges of said side members and adapted to engage thejournal brass.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

REAMEY H. DYER.

